Chapter 5 Chapter Three Looking for Cao Cang

For the content in the second document, I still slightly modified Old Wu's writing, and his writing is very wordy. I tried to delete some unnecessary details. For example, he described in detail the details of receiving social science and natural knowledge above, so I omitted it. I just picked out the most interesting training content and sorted it out. I will do the same for the documents that the vest sends to me in the future, ignoring unnecessary content, and trying to rearrange the text in a reasonable order.On this point, I will no longer specifically remind you. Director Wang quickly led me out of the base.The outside world is the same as when I came, and it is also night.Even so, my eyes still haven't been able to adapt to the open space for a while, and I only feel that my eyes are blurred.After all, I lived in the underground world without seeing the sun for more than two months.

This time we boarded a small passenger plane.I looked at the night sky from the porthole, and the night sky was bright.According to the constellations in the sky, I can determine that the heading of the plane is west.According to the current temperature and season, I can be sure that our base is a province near the Bohai Sea, either Shandong or Liaoning. "Land in an hour and a half." Director Wang said to me. Now I know roughly where we are going.According to the speed of the plane, I think that the place we are going to is either Hebei or Henan. Director Wang used the communication equipment on the plane to keep in touch with the ground.

"Are you sure? Is it Zhengzhou or Xingtai... What, wait... Where is it?" Half an hour later, Director Wang started to contact again: "Are you sure, Handan or Anyang... Got it." The plane landed at a small airport.I got off the plane and found that several planes of the same type as the one I took had parked on the tarmac of the airport.Director Wang and I hadn't reached the buildings near the airport when another plane landed on another runway. Director Wang led me into the building. There was a conference room inside, and we walked in. There are already eight people in the meeting room.I immediately discovered that four of them were all next to the same chief as Director Wang, just like Director Wang and I.

"I'm not the only option..." My thoughts were immediately confirmed.Ten minutes later, two more people came in, also a chief with a subordinate. I suddenly realized that the youngest of the subordinates brought by each chief is a child in his teens, and the oldest is an old man in his sixties.There are also one person in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, and I am in the 20s. The country selects people of every age group and trains them secretly. What kind of mission is this?Could it be that people of all ages are selected to live in a mysterious place for a long time?But why are all men and no women?If the candidates were selected by casting a net, there should be women as candidates!

All twelve of them had grim faces.The six chiefs all knew each other, but they didn't talk to each other, they just saluted each other.Their eyes were fixed on the phone on the table in the middle of the conference room. The air was very heavy.When the phone rang, the teenager was taken aback. One of the heads quickly picked up the microphone, listened for a while, and then put the microphone down.The chief said to Director Wang: "Twenty-four years old. Yours." All eyes in the room focused on me.Some showed jealousy, while others breathed a sigh of relief. Director Wang immediately took me out of the house, a car was waiting for us, and we quickly got into the car.

"Director," I asked, "can you tell me what I should do now?" "You are going to pretend to be a person." Director Wang replied, "In the next operation, someone will take over my task of commanding you. My task has been completed." "The organization couldn't determine the man's age until a few minutes ago. Did it?" "Yes, now we have limited information. We can only determine his age, but we don't know his exact location yet. The person who will replace me will take you to find him. You must obey the order of the successor unconditionally."

"That is to say, two months ago, the country was looking for such a man. After two months of searching, it is only now that I barely know a little information about him, which is his age." "That's all I know about the situation." Director Wang said, "The successor will tell you everything. Now my most important task, and also my last task, is to get you Leave it to him." "Where is the person you mentioned waiting for me?" "We are rushing to Linzhang. You'd better take a rest in the car. You may not have a safe environment to sleep in the future."

"How long can I sleep?" "Not more than an hour." I stopped talking and took the time to take a nap. The car was parked in a county town, in front of an ordinary bungalow.Director Wang didn't get out of the car and said to me, "That person is waiting for you inside." I got out of the car, saluted Director Wang and said, "Goodbye, Chief." Director Wang said, "Take care." The car drove away quickly.I walked to the door of the bungalow and pushed it with my hand, but the door was ajar.Behind the gate is an ordinary courtyard.In the main room of the bungalow, the lights were still on.

A person heard the noise, had already opened the door, and stood behind the door waiting for me. I walked up to him.He held my hand and said, "Hi, comrade." I said, "Hello." "Don't ask me my identity and name." The man reminded me before I could speak, "Just ask me to do something." "Secretary." I asked, "What should I do next?" "Wait." The officer said, "wait for information." The secretary kept smoking, and drew something with a pen on the desktop from time to time.I saw that he didn't say anything for a while, he just sat on the chair in the house and fell asleep.I fell asleep, and when I woke up, the sky was already pale, and I saw the officer's eyes were red from burning, and the ground was full of cigarette butts.

The phone in the house rang.It seems that this house is not simple, such an ordinary bungalow has a telephone installed. The officer answered the phone, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and said to me: "There is something wrong. Let's go to Neihuang right now." The officer told me to wait at the door of the bungalow. After a while, he drove over in a jeep.I jump on it.The jeep drove northeast in the dim light of dawn. "Let me explain to you now, our mission." The officer lit a cigarette while driving. "yes." "The road to Neihuang is difficult, and we will arrive in more than an hour." The officer said, "I have enough time to explain to you."

I began to think that his level must be higher than that of Director Wang, because of the relationship between the candidates, the leaders of Director Wang's level and the candidates they trained respectively, and of course me, before that, they couldn't know more information. I said to the clerk, "Do you want me to drive?" "No." The secretary refused me, "You can't be distracted." "I'll give you another order." The officer said, "When you officially start your mission, all the training you received in the naval base must be hidden, and it cannot be shown unless it is absolutely necessary." "yes." "Now I'm going to tell you why the country wants you to perform this task." The officer began to say, "What I'm going to say is the top secret of the country. Understand, that is, no matter what the situation is, you must not reveal half a word." "Understood," I said, "I will never reveal it." "We have a comrade who has been hiding at the top of the CIA in the United States." "Is the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States the same department as our Ministry of National Security?" "You can understand it this way." The officer said, "Let me tell you, I belong to the Internal Security and Reconnaissance Bureau. I will be in charge of this mission." "clear." "After the mission I presided over is completed, your operation will be transferred to the International Intelligence Service." "What?" I was stunned. It turns out that the officer is still not the highest commander I will participate in the operation. "I don't know the ultimate purpose of your operation. I only know that your next operation mission will be co-chaired by the International Intelligence Agency, the Naval Strategy Section and the Intelligence Section." "It's a tough job, isn't it?" "Of course." The officer said, "I will tell you the reason for this operation." "yes." "The comrade I mentioned just now has been lurking in the core high-level of the CIA. His identity is very hidden and has been hidden for a long time. I cannot disclose his name because I have not heard from anyone. His identity. His identity has been the top secret of our country's intelligence agencies for decades, and even the country's leaders don't know much about it. We have spent a lot of effort to conceal his identity. But this time , we are going to risk his identity being exposed to participate in this operation." "What is the purpose of this operation?" I asked. "Last year, this comrade submitted a top-secret document to our leaders through a special channel. The content of the document is unknown, but after a month of discussions, the country's strategic work department finally decided to target this top-secret document. In the document submitted, that comrade repeatedly emphasized that we must participate in this American military experiment. Because this experiment is related to the survival of our nation.” "Is it possible that this comrade is no longer our comrade?" I analyzed. The officer turned his head and gave me a look, his gaze was like a knife. "Your assumption is not valid. This comrade has risked his life and worked for more than 40 years. Our country's strategic success on the Korean battlefield, the resolution of the Zhenbao Island crisis, and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States, his efforts are indispensable. No. Do you think such a man would betray his country?" "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that." "He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of this experiment, which is a matter of our national survival." My whole body started to tense up.The importance of the operation in which I was about to participate was far greater than I had imagined. The director then told me: "He knows that such a confidential experiment has leaked to our country. If the United States finds out, his identity will definitely be revealed. But he still insists on suggesting that the country's leaders negotiate with the United States, and we must be allowed to participate at any cost." This experiment. The top head of our department had secret negotiations with the United States for several months. In the end, the Americans gave in and agreed to let us participate in this experiment.” "Is this experiment at sea?" "Of course." The officer continued, "The price we paid was unimaginably huge. However, we finally made the Americans compromise." "In what capacity am I going to enter this experiment?" "Listen to me." The officer said, "This experiment was carried out in the waters east of Florida, USA, between 20°-40° north latitude and 35°-75° west longitude. The Americans did not tell us the exact location. In fact, until now, we don't know anything about the content of this experiment, but we must participate. The importance of this experiment was guaranteed by that comrade with his life. His value is more than a million troops. He did not hesitate Sacrificing one's own life and dignity to promote this matter shows the importance of this matter." "After a long period of secret negotiations, the Americans and we each compromised and made a concession. We reduced the number of people participating in the experiment from 137 to six, and the Americans finally agreed. But the Americans made a request, Among the six people, they have to designate one person to participate. And this person is in China, and will take the initiative to find us before the trial begins." I analyzed: "They also showed their cards. The person they want must have a decisive effect on this experiment. And they said this, but also revealed that there are their spies in our country." "Both sides are well aware. When our leaders sat at the negotiating table and negotiated with them, they began to track down the comrades who leaked this important information. Then, our comrades in the Ninth Bureau also quickly noticed that they people are very active in Henan, Shandong, and Hebei.” "So you also use the clues you have to find out who the Americans need. You are competing." "It's not a game." The officer roared, "This is war! Although there is no gunpowder, it is war." "Have you found the man?" I asked, "before they did?" "Judging from the current intelligence, we have a one-day advantage over them. But this advantage is not constant, and there are too many unknown factors. Maybe they have surpassed us now." "I want to know, when I find that person, will your mission be completed?" The officer replied coldly: "Basically." "What's the meaning?" "After we met the man, my final mission was to remove him from the world." "Why do you do this? Isn't that person very important to us? Even Americans know his importance." "Because, when we saw him..." The officer suddenly stopped talking, and pressed somewhere on the car.Before this, I don't know what kind of secret order the officer got. He hastily put a wireless communicator earphone in the car on his head. A few seconds later, the officer pulled off the headset and said to me nervously, "His name is Cao Cang, and he is in Neihuang. Our comrades are very close to him, and his final location will be confirmed tomorrow." "Should I help you eliminate Cao Cang? Judging from the importance of his identity, without him, this experiment may not be successful." "This is not your task. There will be a Cao Cang in this world, but it must be a Cao Cang we can trust." The steward turned the steering wheel sharply to the right, and we turned onto a road heading south. The officer has already told me everything he knows.I silently imagined the steps of this spy war.On the one hand, we can't startle the enemy, we can only acquiesce in the US spies looking for Cao Cang in the country, but we can't be completely indifferent, at least on the surface we have to set up some obstacles to cover up.On the other hand, our comrades are also doing their best to find Cao Cang, and we must find him in advance. This is a race to find people, no, this is a war, and it can only be won, not lost. And my task is already obvious. The country has made such great efforts to deceive the American secret agents and let them find Cao Cang based on clues. But the Cao Cang they found must be replaced by me.I finally understood what the task I was about to perform—from tomorrow onwards, I was Cao Cang. What kind of person is Cao Cang? When we arrived at a county town, it was already daylight.Our car drove to a vegetable market.Most of the roads are donkey carts, and the jeep looks very abrupt.The secretary drove the car to a street corner and motioned for me to get out of the car. "The county seat is not big." The officer said, "Let's walk." The loud broadcast was transmitted in every corner of the county in the early morning: "Currently, more than 90% of the production teams in rural areas across the country have established different forms of agricultural production responsibility systems, including fixed-rate compensation for small-scale labor contracting, joint production for professional contracting, joint production to Lao, the production contract is assigned to the household and the group, and the contract is assigned to the household and the group..." The officer's pace quickened, and I followed the officer onto a street, walking quickly. At this time, it was the time for workers and employees of administrative units to go to work, and the loudspeakers in each unit were broadcasting news editorials from the Central People's Broadcasting Station. "With the approval of the State Council, domestic mechanical watches, black and white TV sets, semiconductor radios, and stretch wool have started to reduce the retail prices of four categories of pure polyester fabrics..." I listened to the radio and remembered that before joining the army, the radio was full of Chairman Mao's great instructions.Times have changed, and broadcast content is different now. The officer got into a small alley.I followed him closely, walking through the alley. "The new irrigation facilities not only help farmers solve the urgent need for water in times of drought, but also save manpower and material resources, realize efficient irrigation of farmland, and increase farmers' production and income..." The sound of the radio in the ear is always incessant.I followed the officer and ran quickly in the county town.In remote places, the officers started to run, but in places where the crowd was more concentrated, the officers slowed down, even stopped, and looked around. We went until noon and reached the suburban junction of the county seat. There is even a radio broadcast here: "Industrial and agricultural production has exceeded the planned targets, the country's financial and credit conditions continue to improve, urban and rural markets are prosperous, prices are basically stable, and people's lives continue to improve..." The secretary was relieved, and pointed to an ordinary single-door courtyard by the roadside as he spoke, saying, "We're here." I suddenly realized that this ubiquitous radio sound was actually the password to guide the officers' actions. "They're almost here too, we still have two hours..." Without further ado, we broke down the door. There was no one in the yard.The officer rushed into the house in a hurry, and I followed closely.There was a man in the room, a young man in his early twenties, who actually didn't match my face, I looked five or six years older than him.The young man, pale and glassy-eyed, was not surprised by our sudden appearance. "Are you Cao Cang?" the officer asked after standing still. "I am Cao Cang." The sickly young man said, "You are here, our family has been waiting for you for a long time." The officer took out his pistol, "I'm sorry, I have to do this." "En." Cao Cang snorted lightly. The officer's face darkened, I knew he was going to shoot. "Wait." I stopped the officer, "We still have two hours." "It's too late." The officer said, "You need to be familiar with the environment here..." "You must wait." I don't know why I persuaded the officer so much, maybe it was because I saw Cao Cang's expression - a look of calmness, which is definitely not the expression that a dying person should have.Cao Cang knew something very important, and I had to ask it out. "Give me ten minutes." I said to the officer. Cao Cang smiled. "I want to talk to you." I said to Cao Cang. "I can only talk to you." Cao Cang said to me, "You also know that I will tell you what to do." I saw the officer's arm shaking, and knew that the officer would not wait any longer, so I quickly threw myself on Cao Cang, and the officer shouted: "Get out of the way, you are disobeying orders, do you know that!" I threw myself on Cao Cang. Cao Cang lost his balance and fell to the ground. Only then did I realize that he was very weak and had no physical strength to support his own body. Cao Cang reluctantly raised his right hand and pointed to the room behind him. I helped Cao Cang up and walked in. "I'll give you ten minutes," said the officer. "My colleagues are trying their best to delay the time, but they won't last long." I almost carried Cao Cang into the room.The furnishings in the room are average, but there are bottles and cans of medicine bottles everywhere.A smell of lysol filled the room. "I have blood cancer, which is leukemia." Cao Cang said, "You take the medicine for me, it's the bottle beside the bed." I didn't care about thinking about Cao Cang's condition and the rules of taking medicine, so I quickly took the medicine bottle and poured out the medicine. There was only one pill in it. It seemed that Cao Cang didn't lie to me, he was just a medicine jar. Cao Cang put the pills in his mouth, and I quickly searched for water in the house, but I couldn't find a boiled water bottle. Cao Cang pointed to the table by the window and said to me, "There is water there." I hurriedly took it over.In fact, this is also a potion, with a very pungent medicinal smell. "Here is something for you." Cao Cang took something from his chest and gave it to me. It was shiny like a pocket watch, but the hands inside were different from ordinary watches, more like a compass. "You put it away." Cao Cang said, "Actually, I am not important, what is important is this thing." "What the hell is this?" I asked. Cao Cang said: "I don't know, but our family has passed this thing down for a long time." "how long?" "More than a thousand years." Cao Cang laughed, "Do you believe it or not?" Of course I don't believe that there was no formal industry a thousand years ago, how could such an exquisite machine be made. "Can you help me to the bathroom?" I found out that the toilet in this room is next to it, not outside the house.This chronically ill person has limited mobility, so the toilet is very close to his bedroom. I helped Cao Cang into the toilet, but he suddenly broke away from me, stood in the sink, and turned on the faucet. "What are you doing?" I almost used force to stop his sudden move. "For the sake of helping me come here." Cao Cang still said with a smile, "Let me tell you one more thing, this thing is very radioactive, so each generation of males in my family rarely live past four years." Ten years old. Of course, my ancestors didn't know the reason. They followed the ancestral teachings for generations and thought it was cursed. This thing is an ominous thing. Today, I finally handed over this thing in my hands. " I held this metal machine in my hand, and my hand shook slightly. The water from the faucet was rushing, and I wanted to ask Cao Cang for more details, but I didn't have the chance. A very strange phenomenon happened in front of my eyes, and it really happened——Cao Cang’s eyes burst into flames!There was real fire, hot flames, and then the ears, nostrils, and mouth, all burst into flames.Incandescent flame. Cao Cang is spontaneously combusting. I have seen the process of burning a human body. I have seen flamethrowers burn enemies into charcoal on the battlefield. But unlike Cao Cang, Cao Cang’s flames do not come from the external environment, but from his body. Internal combustion.I was so scorched by the flames that I stepped back and leaned against the wall. Even though I was a few meters away from Cao Cang, I was very uncomfortable. The room was filled with a strong smell of protein being burnt. The officer also rushed in and saw Cao Cang's body turned into ashes in the sink. "How did you do it?" The officer, like me, was stunned by the scene in front of him.I watched a person inexplicably turn into ashes, mixed with tap water, and flowed into the sewer. "It will take more than an hour for the incinerator in the crematorium to cremate a corpse." The officer murmured. "He freed himself." I handed over the mechanical object in my hand to the officer. The officer said: "Don't tell me, this is not my scope of action." I suddenly remembered the medicine Cao Cang took just now, the medicine bottle with only one pill, and that weird potion. "My task has been completed." The officer opened all the windows in the house to let the afternoon breeze into the house, and then hurried out. I began to get familiar with the environment in Cao Cang's house and the arrangement of every piece of furniture, and of course the plants in the yard were not missed. Time was tighter than the officer said, fifty minutes later, someone knocked on the door outside the yard.I kept silent, and slowly sat down on the recliner that Cao Cang was sitting on when I saw him. After the people outside knocked on the door a few times, they pushed the door open and two people walked in.One of them came up to me: "You are Cao Cang?" "I am Cao Cang." I raised my head and said slowly, "You are here, our family has been waiting for you for a long time."